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FILE - Meta's logo can be seen on a sign at the company's headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Nov. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vsquez, File) (Godofredo A. Vásquez, Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Meta, the parent company for Facebook and Instagram, has announced a new paid verification subscription service for its users. It will be called Meta Verified, and cost $11.99 a month on the web, and $14.99 a month on Apple devices. Users will submit a government ID and get a blue verification badge.

“This new feature is about increasing authenticity and security across our services,” Zuckerberg wrote in an Instagram post.

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Twitter did something similar recently calling it Twitter Blue, granting verification badges for a monthly fee.

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